Osteopath..Yes or No?

I've used an Osteopath for numerous different problems and it's always helped me. I'm not sure why, if it helps you do you dread it?

I went to an osteopath for months - maybe a year - with back pain. He told me it was a disc problem. After getting little or no relief, I switched to a physio who said it wasn't a disc but an inflamed sacro-iliac joint. She treated it with a machine that ran an electric current through it. I had very little trouble with it after few sessions with her.

Because it hurts and it cracks.

I am biased in my preference for Physiotherapy

Acupuncture every time

Must admit it doesn’t often hurt me when having treatments and I often only need one treatment which consists of manipulation, stretching and massage and he has given me excercise/stretching sheets to continue at home. He doesn’t just use manipulation. Maybe you should find a good physio instead if it’s that painful.

Try a cranial osteopath instead whose treatment will be much more gentle. They work on any part of the body and it's very effective and not manipulative.

I was in a car crash back in 1990 and was told I would need a titanium rod in my neck. Not only is this massive surgery but also I have M.E. I saw an osteopath who said "Certainly not", and I avoided surgery.

I cannot speak highly enough of good osteopaths!

Osteopathy shouldn't hurt or crack! I've had nothing but good experiences and relief from osteopathic treatment. Do not be fearful, say if something feels uncomfortable.

Definitely Yes from me! Barely able to move since weekend, but after treatment yesterday, today I’m almost pain free. I have treatment every now and then as the need arises. My osteo does cranial as well.

Chiropractors most definitely twist and crack, and one of them tipped my head back so much I got benign paroysmal positional vertigo that now has a tendency to come back.

Osteopaths can be very effective, the GP surgery I worked at used to refer patients to them. But if you can afford to go privately, my choice would be physio I think?

A definitive yes from me ! A less 'harsh' treatment than a chiropractor and the only crack I ever have is if she leans across me and I always walk out feeling better /

Osteopathy has worked for me as has acupuncture, treatment from a private physio and also treatment from a sports massage specialist. If osteopathy hasn’t helped you lessismore and you dislike the process I’d suggest it would be best to move on. Having said that have you talked to your practitioner about the impact on you? You shouldn’t dread going for treatments.

It has been great for me, I go once a fortnight. You need to make sure you see someone good though, there really is a difference in the level of experience

I have seen an osteopath (different ones in different towns) over years of back pain and it helped a bit but nature helped more - rest and gentle exercise plus painkillers. Last time a more expensive osteopath said if he couldn't help me in three sessions I couldn't be helped but he said ' if you like paying for an osteopath to go on foreign holidays then keep going regularly'. My mother went to one for years failing to notice she had RA. I'm going to try a sports physio next time its bad.

Have you tried Acupuncture it was brilliant for me and def no pain

thanks folks.

There are osteopaths and osteopaths. Some of them have magic hands. Rather like hairdressers and dentists I was very much helped by one when I had sciatica. Also agree with the acupuncture recommendation.

If you don't feel it's working, try something else! Ask for recommendations for local physios or try another osteopath. For me, acupuncture works.

No answer personally but my DS has recently had private physiotherapy treatment for a long term problem which caused pain. He was warned by the physio that there are things that can be done to alleviate pain by osteopaths but that this isn't a long term solution and he (The physio) could, but wouldn't do them. My DS had a series of physio visits and now does pilates which has really helped.

I have attended a physio/osteopath which is attached to our Pilates group and found it amazing. He really gets to the cause rather than just treating the symptoms. We are then given exercises to do in class specific to our needs. If however he thinks we need further specialist advice he says so and then follows up on the specialist's report.

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I prefer a physio, the one I use also does acupuncture. Over the years I have gone to him with a range of different issues, tennis elbow (used acupuncture successfully), dislocated knee cap (used various machines to aid healing), torn cruciates in knee (exercises to strengthen the quads and help me have better support for the knee, sciatica, which turned out to be referred pain from damaged glutes following a fall etc etc I just feel a good physio looks at the whole body and has a range of treatments not just manipulation.

If I was rich I’d see my osteopath all the time. He got me walking again.